Valve assembly



oct. 28, 1941. L. H KENNON 2,260,381

VALVE ASSEMBLY Filed Dec. 19, 1938 3 www LJ H5 23) zza Z8 l Z i? Patented Oct. 28, 19.41

UNI-TED STATES PATENT OFFICE VALVE ASSEMBLY l Louis H. Kennen, Houston, Tex. Application December 19, 1938, Serial No. 246,612

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a valve assembly. An object of' the invention is to provide a valve assembly specially adapted for use in pumps, particularly'slush pumps and equipped with novel means for forming an inside, iluid tight seal between the valve seat and valve disc when the valve is closed.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a valve assembly, a novel type oi' valve seat. It is another object of the invention to provide in a valve assembly a novel type of valve disc. f

A still further object of the invention is to provide in a valve assembly a novel type of clamp plate for clamping and securely holding the seal ring in place.

The invention also embodies a novel type of seal ring formed of rubber or other suitable resilient material.

The valve disc and clamp plate are of such special formation, and are so secured together as to securely clamp and anchor the seal ring in place with the free, annular margin of the seal ring so positioned relative to the valve seat as to fit firmly against the inner side of said seat to break the joint between the valve disc and the valve seat when the valve is closed.

It is another object of the invention to provide an assembly of the character described wherein the contacting areas of the valve face and seat face are arranged around, or on the outside of the sealing margin of the seal ring thus providing a large area to take the valve stroke thus distributing the wear and shock and also providing a reduced sealing area.

Another feature of the assembly resides in the provision of an annular, external groove about 'the clamp plate beneath the free margin of the seal ring to provide space into which the material of the seal ring may flow as the material of the contacting faces of the valve disc and valve seat wear away. This additional space being of suicient capacity to prevent pinching or mutilation of the free margin of the seal ring.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, operation and arrangement of parts, examples of which are given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a. side elevation of the assembly, partly in section, showing the valve partly, but not completely, closed.

Figure 2 shows a fragmentary, sectional view showing the valve completely closed.

Partly :ia of one form of seal ring employed. "L ,i

Figure 4 shows a similar view of ttf; igiltly modified form of said seal ring. f i

Figure 5 shows a side elevation, partly in section, of another embodiment of the assembly showing the valve completely closed, and

Figure` 6 shows a side view, partly in section, of the type of seal ring employed in the embodiment illustrated in Figure 5.

Referring now more particularly to the-drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate the same parts in each of the figures, the nu- Figure 3 shows a side view, section.

meral I designates a valve seat which, in the.

present illustration, is shown mounted in the partition 2 of a pump. The upper end of the seat is formed with an outwardly ilared, or annular, tapered face 3, and beneath the face 3 the seat is provided with the inside, annular guide face 4 which merges with the face 3 but has a greater pitch than that ofthe face 3.

The numeral 5 designates a valve disc which has a central opening 6. At its outer margin the valve disc has an annular tapering face laround its under side of the same pitch as that of the. face 3, said faces 1 and 3 being arranged to cooperate.

It will be noted from an inspection of Figures 1 and 2 that the valve disc 5, at its outer margin or rim, is thickened downwardly and is provided with an inside, annular, inwardly facing groove 8 whose upper and lower sides are approximately parallel and Whose outer wall is approximately perpendicular to said upper and lower sides. 'I'he upper side of the groove 8 is continuous with the lower plane face 9 of the valve disc. 'Beneath the groove 8 the depending thickened portion of the disc 5 has the downwardly and outwardly flared, annular face I6 which merges with the face 1 at the inner margin of the latter.

The numeral I2 designates an annular clamp plate which has a central, upstanding, tubular boss I3 provided with a central opening I4 of somewhat smaller diameter than the diameter of the openings 6 through the valve disc 5. A clamp bolt I5 is fitted through the registering openings 6, I4 and lits closely through the opening 6. Beneath said opening 6 the bolt I5 is reduced in diameter thus forming an external, annular head I8 on the other end of the bolt, said head clamping against the disc and said nut clamping against the plate I2.

In the upper side of the clamp plate I2, around the boss I3, there is an annular, upwardly facing groove I9 which is considerably wider, -radially than its depth. The bottom of this groove .is parallel with the face 9 and its sides are apwardly tapered, annular face 2| which converges l outwardly with relation to the face I9.

The numeral k22 designates, as a whole, a seal 20 parallel t ring employed winch is formed of resilient materia] such as rubber. It ls annular in general contour having a central opening 23 to receive snugly the boss I3.` It has a downwardly and outwardly iiaredlip and the seal ring has an annular rib 25 surrounding the same. I'n thev form shown in Figure 4 this seal ring is slightly modified in .that the external, annular rib 25a is slightly flared upwardly since it has been found in practice that in assem-` bling this' form may be more easily assembled withthe valve disc 5l since the form of rib 25a may beimore easily inserted into the g-roove 8 in assembling the seal ring with the valve disc. After vthe form vof seal ring, shown in Figure 4, has been assembledlwith the valvel disc 5 it Will conform in shapeto the shape of the form of disc illustrated in Figure 3. -1

In assembly the seal ring 22 of the form shown either in Figure 3 or vFigure 4 may be tted againstnthe under side of the valve disc 5 with the rib 25, or 25a, fitted into the groove 8. The clamp plate I2 maythen be fitted against the under side of said seal ring and the clamp bolt I5 insertedl into place and the nut l1 screwed thereon. The upper faces 20, 2l of the clamp plate will contact against the corresponding under portions of the seal rig beforethe upper end of the boss I3 contacts against the under side of the disc 5. However, as the clamp nut I1 is screwed home the clamp plate will apply compression to the seal ring causing the material of the seal ring to run into and fill the groove I9 and forcing the rib 25, or 25a, tight into the groove 8. The rib 24 will also be compressed between the outwardly converging faces Il), 2l so as to cause the free margin of said lip 24 to extend out the required distance beyond the plane of the face 'I and in position to contact against thegulde face 4 as the valve closes. When-the nut His screwed home the free end of the boss I3 will abut firmly against the shoulder I5 and thev surrounding underside of the face 9 and the seal ring will thus be securely clamped and held in position. Y

Beneath the protruding free margin of the lip 24 the clamp plate I2 is provided with an external, annular, shallow groove 26 for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. 1 'I'he margin of the lip 2Q will first come int contact with the downwardly and inwardly tapering guide face 4 closing the passageway between the face 3 vof the valve seat and the face 1 o f the valve disc and as the valve disc 5 moves on to completely closed position the outer margin of the lip 24 will be slightly deformed and forced downwardly'` and inwardly along said face 4, as shown.

24 whose free margin isovaly in Figure 2 thus effectively sealing the joint bee tween the faces 3 and 1. Should the face 1 be prevented from completely seating against the face 3 by sand, small gravel or other obstruction the lip 24 will still contact against the face 4 and form a complete closure.

The faces 3, 1 will be subjected to considerable wear since they take the stroke of the valve disc and if they wear the margin of the lip 24 will be forced further and further downwardly and the groove 2B has accordingly been providedl to give space which this lip may enter to` prevent its mutilation.

In the form shown in Figure 5 the seat Ia is provided at its upper end with the tapering face 3,l as illustrated in Figure 2, but does not have the inside, downwardly tapering face 4 of Figure 2. The valve disc 5a is downwardly thickened at its outermargin or rim and has, atthe'underside of said downwardly thickened portion, the tapering face 1 which cooperates with the face 3. The underside, or face, 9a of the ldisc 5a is arranged approximately perpendicular tothe inner face I0a of the thickened portion of the disc and thesefaces 9a, Illa. merge in a shallow concave groove 8a extending around the underside of the valve disc 5a. In this embodiment the seal ring 22a is of an inverted, cup shaped form, as shown in Figure 6 and is provided with the ,opening 23 to closely surround the boss I3ai ofA the clamp plate i2a. The outer side of the clamp plate I2a, above the groove 26, is annularly concaved having a shallow, annular groove 21 arranged opposite and spaced from the face Ia, as clearly shown in Figure 5. When the seal ring 22a `is placed under compression, that is, ywhen it is clamped between the valve disc 5a and the clamp plate I2a and the nut `I1 ls screwed fully home the seal ring 22a will assume the contour shown in Figure 5 completely filling the grooves 8a and 59a and being clamped between the face Illa and the outer margin of the clamp plate so as to completely fill the groove 21. The rim, or lip, 24a of this seal ring will protrude forming an annular free portion which will t closely within the upper portion of the seat la when the valve isvclosed, as shown in Figure 5, thus breaking the joint between the faces 3 and 11 and forming a fluid tight joint.

l In each embodiment the clamp plate is formed with guide wings as 28 spaced apart and depending therefrom and working through the seat I to guide the valve.

' What I claim is:

1. A valve assembly comprising'a seat having an annular face, a valve having an annular face adapted to cooperate with the seat face to open and close the passageway through the seat, an annular resilient free lip on the margin off the valve extended beyond said valve face and adapted to t totally within the seat and to overlap and cover the joint between the faces when the valve is closed, said valve'having an external, annular groove therearound adjacent and be-v neath said lip to receive the free vmargin of the lip when the valve is closed. 2. A valve comprising a valve disc having a marginal annular face and an inwardly facing annular groove on one side, a clamp plate fitted against said side of the disc and having a central boss abutting the disc and an annular groove around the boss, a resilient seal ring clamped between said disc and plate with a marginal rib in said groove of4 the disc and compressed into the groove of said plate, said seal ring having an annular ilexible rounded lip whose free margin protrudes beyond said face.

3. A valve comprising a valve disc having a marginal annular face and an inwardly facing annular groove on one side, a clamp plate tted against said side of the disc and having a central boss abutting the disc and an annular groove` around the boss, a resilient seal ring clamped between said disc and plate with a marginal rib in said groove of the disc and compressed into the groove of said plate, said seal ring having an annular lip whose free margin protrudes beyond said face, said plate and disc having annular, opposing, outwardly converging faces between which said lip is clamped.

4. In a valve assembly, a valve disc having a marginal thickened portion on one side formed with outside and inside converging annular faces, said disc having an annular groove adjacent said inside face which faces radially inwardly and which is countersunk into the inside of said thickened portion 5. In a valve, a clamp plate having a. central outstanding boss and a groove countersunk into the plate around the boss, said plate having an outside, annular tapering face, said plate having an external, annular groove therearound adjacent the outer margin of said face, guide wings on the clamp plate, the `outer margins of thev guide wings being beyond the margin of the plate.

6. In combination a valve seat having an annular ared end seat face and an inside annular substantially cylindrical guide face intersecting the end seat face.- a valve disc having an annular flared face shaped 4to contact with and being the same width as the end seat face, a clamp plate connected to the Valve disc, a resilient sealing member clamped between the plate and the disc, said sealing member being formed with a rounded lip protruding slightly radially beyond the clamp plate and adapted to contact solely with the inside guide face' to forma seal therewith, said clamp ring having an annular groove to allow free flexing of said lip, said inside guide face being slightly ared to guide the lip.

LOUIS H. KENNON. 

